Rocking-chair exhibitor



(No Model.)

H. ALBIN.

ROQKING CHAIR EXHIBITOR.

No. 485,831. Patented Nov. 8, 1892.

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U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN ALBIN, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

ROCKING-CHAIR EXHIBITOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,831, dated November 8, 1892.

Application filed March 7, 1892. Serial No. 424,104.- (No model.)

To aZZwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN ALBIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rocking-Chair EX- hibitors; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device for exhibiting rocking-chairs in a warehouse or salesroom so that each chair can be fully shown and taken out of place for examination without disturbing the rest and so that the stock of chairs will occupy little or no more room than if nested in the usual way.

My device consists of a frame constructed as shown in the drawings, in which A A A represent uprights or standards resting on transverse bases B B B of sufficient length to give steadiness to the frame.

I? b b b are side'braces, with bearings on the bases near their ends and against the edges of the uprights on each side.

I) b are longitudinal bracing and back rails extending from one standard to another on each side, firmly fastened to the standards and holding them together.

0 G G are transverse bars or arms fastened to the faces of each upright parallel to the bases and at the same distance from the bases.

D is a holding-rail connecting the faces of the opposite standards at the top part of the frame, and properly held in place by fitting its ends in mortises in the faces of the standards.

E and E are supporting-rails connecting the cross-bars C together near their outer ends, and on opposite sides of the standards A and F represents a rocking-chair. The supporting-rails E and E, the holding-rail D, and the bracing-rails b b are all arranged parallel with each other, and the rails E and E and the rail D are placed at such distances from each other and in such relations to each other that a rocking-chair having its rockers resting on the rail E or E at such a point that the greater part of its weight will be in front or outside of said rail and having the top of that part of its rockers back of the hind legs of the chair bearing against the bottom of the holding-rail D, will hang suspended steadily by its own weight. Chairs placed back to back may be hung along the whole length of the frame on each side, and their Weight will throw them forward, so that the backs of the opposite chairs will be clear of each other. The frame is constructed with the rails E and E at sufficient distance from the floor on which the bases rest that when rows of rocking-chai rs are placed back to back under them the tops of thechairs below will be clear of the rockers of those suspended above. The uprights A are of such width that the bracing-rails 7), against which the backs of the lower chairs rest, keep the backs of opposite chairs from rubbing against each other. The side braces 19 and the bases serve as railings to keep the lower rows of chairs from being displaced sidewise and to protect them at the ends of the rows. These exhibiting-frames may be made in sections of any length conveniently adapted to the size of the wareroom in which the chairs are kept for sale or to the locality in the room in which the frames may be placed.

It is evident that by the use of my eXhibitor a great many chairs can be placed in a way to give purchasers a full view of them and that they can be easily removed and replaced with great economy of space.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A rocking-chair exhibitor consisting of a framework having standards A, bases B, side braces 17, bracing-rails b, cross-bars C, holding-rail D, and supporting-rails E and E, arranged and constructed substantially as de scribed, and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERMAN ALBIN. Witnesses:

HENRY S. Ones, IDA STINSON. 

